The Czech Safarova outlasted Russian wild card Margarita Gasparyan 6-3, 4-6,
6-2 on the indoor hardcourts at Olympic Stadium, while the fading former
French Open champ and 2009 Moscow titlist Schiavone succumbed to Poland's
Urszula Radwanska 6-3, 6-1 on Day 1. Schiavone was also a Moscow runner-up in
2005.